From a normal school of teachers in 1891 to joining the University of North Carolina system in 1971, ECSU is a place where the smartest minds from all over the country come together to discover, learn and cultivate the foundations of their future.

In ECSU's ten academic departments, we are educating some of the world's most brilliant minds. Our students are exposed to innovative research opportunities that extend their learning beyond textbooks and classrooms.

Life at ECSU provides a range of experiences that are invaluable to your academic and personal growth. Our students come from different places and backgrounds, but together they create a diverse, close-knit community that seeks to create a better world.

Health and Wellness

Health and Wellness

NASM, founded in 1924, is an organization of schools, conservatories, colleges and
universities with approximately 630 accredited institutional members. It establishes
national standards for undergraduate and graduate degrees and other credentials and
is the national music accrediting agency. NASM also provides information to potential
students and parents, consultations, statistical information, professional development;
and policy analysis.

PAMA, founded in 1989, is an organization comprised of dedicated medical professionals,
artists, educators, and administrators with the common goal of improving the health
care of the performing artist. Members of PAMA are professionals in fields that include
research, education, and clinical practice who hail from all corners of the globe.

Basic Information on Hearing Health: Information and Recommendations for Administrators
and Faculty in Schools of Music NASM/PAMA: November 2011 I-4

Disclaimers

a. NASM and PAMA are providing this web resource for institutions that teach music
to assist local consideration and action about hearing health.

b. The information:

is generic, presentational, and advisory in character.

is oriented far more to musicians and lay persons than to medical, scientific, or
research professionals concerned with hearing health.

does not substitute for the professional judgments of medical and other professionals
working in their areas of documented expertise.

is not to be considered as professional advice or to be used as a basis for the medical
treatment of specific individuals.

does not supersede present and future empirical research that may confirm, contradict,
expand, or change the medical or other information provided here at any point in time.

in no way serves as the basis for the accreditation function of NASM or as an addition
to the accreditation standards and procedures of NASM. (A Handbook containing standards
and a set of Membership Procedures are published separately by NASM.)

is not an endorsement of the reference materials listed or cited; nor does it represent
an endorsement of other opinions, methods, or approaches described in the text.

c. Health and safety depend in large part on the personal decisions of informed individuals.
Institutions have health and safety responsibilities, but fulfillment of these responsibilities
cannot and will not ensure any specific individual's health and safety. Too many factors
beyond any institution's control are involved. Individuals have a critically important
role and each is personally responsible for avoiding risk and preventing injuries
to themselves before, during, and after study or employment at any institution. This
set of advisory information on hearing health and institutional actions taken under
their influence or independently do not relieve the individual from personal responsibility
for appropriate, prudent, and safe behavior or action, nor do they shift such responsibility
and liability for the consequences of inappropriate, imprudent, and/or unsafe behavior
or action in any instance or over time to any institution, or to NASM, or to PAMA.

Acknowledgements

NASM and PAMA acknowledge with gratitude the efforts of the many past and present
professionals in various medical, research, and music-related fields who developed
the scientific and practical information summarized in this set of resources. They
express appreciation to the members of PAMA, NASM, and the American Academy of Audiology
who made comments and suggestions on drafts of this and other documents in this Web
resource.

Basic Information on Hearing Health: Information and Recommendations for Administrators
and Faculty in Schools of Music NASM/PAMA: November 2011 I-5

Reproduction of this Resource for Institutional Use

This hearing health resource is not copyrighted. It may be reproduced in whole or
in part in the interest of education and institutional development. This resource
may be edited to fit the local needs of departments, schools, or institutions. Any
organization or institution may reproduce the document in quantities sufficient for
its own use, but not for sale. Notice of credit to NASM and PAMA should appear on
all versions of this resource, both original and as edited for local use.